chiefly British

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Recent Examples of judder But the visceral sound design provides plenty of distraction, making the audience feel every clanking industrial noise and juddering movement, every pummeling of turbulence and rocky landing in the pit of their stomachs. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2024 With phenomenal effects work blending prosthetics, CGI, and even stop-motion animation for some disturbingly juddering creatures, this stands apart from the horror crowd. Matt Kamen, WIRED, 22 June 2024 Scenes of wartime destruction in Aleppo are realized with impressive authenticity, courtesy of juddering sound work and Julie Berghoff’s textured production design, while a shivery, waterborne finale, staged under relentless lashings of rain, attains a genuine air of heart-in-mouth peril. Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Feb. 2024 Unfortunately for the would-be lesbian lovers on the run, crazy screaming lady — whose raspy yowl ensnares the listener in a juddering time loop — has other ideas. Jessica Kiang, Variety, 16 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for judder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for judder
Verb
  • The United States Geological Survey reports that light shaking could be felt as far southeast as Bursa, which is approximately 97 miles south of Istanbul.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • On Tuesday, not so much, the Lakers showing their clear dominance in every area backed by a legendarily springtime loud home crowd that annually shakes, rattles and rolls.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • So ingrained is the fixation with speed that generations of U.S. military commanders have learned to shudder at the mention of attritional warfare, embracing decisive maneuver as the route to quick victories.
    Lawrence D. Freedman, Foreign Affairs, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Old Thunderbird shuddered under the force of the impact and then fell over onto his side.
    Thomas Weddle, Outdoor Life, 17 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As soon as Tatiana Pino turned her dark blue Land Rover Defender into her long asphalt driveway, the flatbed truck jerked into reverse and slammed into the passenger side of her SUV, according to footage of the Aug. 30, 2023, hit-and-run obtained by the Herald.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
  • This apparently spooked an SUV driver in the next lane, who jerked the wheel to the left and ran into the opposite curb.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • In order to sense something, some part of us has to physically vibrate with it.
    Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • The back of the phone even vibrated slightly with the beat.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025

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“Judder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/judder. Accessed 7 May. 2025.

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